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Old 01-16-2013, 01:47 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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Doesn't seem like you respect his 4th amendment rights however.

You may have no problem with the police wiretapping, spying , and keeping tabs on you, but I do.
I have nothing to hide- no dust bunnies, guns, drugs, plots or bodies under my bed.
So I don't worry about such stuff.

 
Old 01-16-2013, 01:49 PM
 
Location: One of the 13 original colonies.
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I have no issue with this because I have nothing to hide.

What's the internet thing about?


Most Americans are honest law abiding citizens that have nothing to hide. What has that got to do with the government taking your rights away? If you are willing to give up your rights on one thing, where is it going to stop? I don't want them taking any of my rights away.
 
Old 01-16-2013, 01:55 PM
 
Location: A great city, by a Great Lake!
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I have no issue with this because I have nothing to hide.

What's the internet thing about?

That I'm afraid is a dangerous line of thought. Where does it end?
 
Old 01-16-2013, 02:01 PM
 
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I have no issue with this because I have nothing to hide.

What's the internet thing about?
It's not about "what you have or don't have to hide", it is about not being treated like a criminal from the very same government which you help to elect.

We need to do some rewiring of your understanding of our government's place in society. They work for us, we aren't the criminals, thus, they should conduct themselves as if they are employees of the people of the United States, and that by treating us like criminals, we are moving ever-closer to the tyrannical rules of law from which our immigrants fled.
 
Old 01-16-2013, 02:05 PM
 
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I have nothing to hide- no dust bunnies, guns, drugs, plots or bodies under my bed.
So I don't worry about such stuff.
Yet, you are ok with being treated like a criminal?

Damn, when will Americans realize that a government which is paranoid of you, should ultimately be a government in which you are paranoid of.
 
Old 01-16-2013, 02:05 PM
 
Location: Fort Myers Fl
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I have nothing to hide- no dust bunnies, guns, drugs, plots or bodies under my bed.
So I don't worry about such stuff.

I always get a laugh out of this one. "Nothing to hide". With 40000 give or take new laws written in 2012 I am sure you just might be breaking one or two of them. Better hope it's not one the KGB frowns on.

Grab a history book or two and read them. You will be surprised what you might learn.
 
Old 01-16-2013, 02:11 PM
 
Location: 9851 Meadowglen Lane, Apt 42, Houston Texas
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He's going to take on federal agents with his six-shooter. His aim will be true 'cause he is a patriot, this is 'murica, and God and baby Jesus are on his side.
Cowards only know how to be cowards.
 
Old 01-16-2013, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Fort Myers Fl
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It's not about "what you have or don't have to hide", it is about not being treated like a criminal from the very same government which you help to elect.

We need to do some rewiring of your understanding of our government's place in society. They work for us, we aren't the criminals, thus, they should conduct themselves as if they are employees of the people of the United States, and that by treating us like criminals, we are moving ever-closer to the tyrannical rules of law from which our immigrants fled.

Very well said. But unfortunately I think it's too late. The media has a very big grip on the way American's think and act and we know who controls them. The majority is truly brainwashed, I know because I use to be part of that majority. But I never give up hope.
 
Old 01-16-2013, 02:28 PM
 
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If all the anti-gun people would form an Anti Patriot Act Association and convince 4 million Americans to join, they could have a real influence toward elimination of the act.
 
Old 01-16-2013, 02:32 PM
 
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If all the anti-gun people would form an Anti Patriot Act Association and convince 4 million Americans to join, they could have a real influence toward elimination of the act.
Anti-gun lobby is nowhere as influential as the gun lobby, not even close, no way they could get 4 millions Americans to join anything.
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